Pocket attached holder



1952 w. v. BUDNY POCKET ATTACHED HOLDER 2 SHEETSSHEET 1 Filed May 27,1950 INVENTOR. WALTERV BUDNY BY a a HTZOKJYE'YL 1952 w. v. BUDNY2,613,413

POCKET ATTACHED HOLDER Filed May 27, 1950 2 SHEETSSHEET 2 w INVENTOR.WALTERV BUDNY Patented Oct. 14, 1952 I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE2,613,413 POCKET ATTACHED HOLDER Walter V. Budny, Ossining, N. Y.

Application May 27, 1950,.Serial No. 164,701 Claims. (01. 24-10) 1 Thisinvention relates to new and useful improvements in implement'holders,and, more particularly, the. aim is to provide a novel and valuable suchholder characterized by the features that a plurality of implements mayat one time be carried by the holder; that for each of the severalimplements so carried there is provided its own individual stall-likehousing; and that these housings are adapted to hold the implementstherein against accidental displacement therefrom even with the holderbrought well toward inverted. positionyet in such manner that at Willanyselected implement may be deliberately readily removed for use. Y

A further feature of the invention is that the holder includes means forreadily detachably'segcuring the holder to aselected portion of 'agarment, as to a pocket, to dispose the housings and their containedimplements within the pocket,

and also includes means whereby any selected ed claims in which thevarious novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

. In the accompanying drawings forming a inaterial part of. thisdisclosure:

1 is a fragmentary front elevational View of a garment at a pocketcarrying portion thereof, with a now favored embodiment of the holder ofthe present invention secured to such pocket.

2 is a horizontal sectional View, taken substantially on the line .2-2of Fig. 1, showing both of a pair of implement-carrying housings inattaohed relation to the main structure of the holder.

Fig. 3 is .a similar view, but one showing both .thehousingsd'etachedfrom the main structure of the holder.

Fig. his a perspective View, looking toward the rear of. the holder asremoved from the pocket, and showing the housings detached from the mainstructure of theholder asinFig. 2.

Fig. 5 is: a View similar to Fig. 2., but illustrating the holderconstructed in accordance with a modification of the present invention.

Fig. 6 Ba rear perspective view of the modification of. the inventionshown in Fig. 5, but with the housings detached from the main structureof theholder.

Ihe implement holder, according to the first form of the presentinvention shown in Figs. 1

surface of the pocket wall l4.

to 4, includes a main structure of the holder is shown as in the form ofa clasp of metal or'plastie and incorporating a front member ID mainlyconsisting of an ornamental button portion H. Also forming part of saidclasp is a rear strip 12, shown as hingedly connected as at I3 to thefront member I9 and downwardly depending from such hinge for beingengaged with the inner surface of the front wall M of a pocket and thento act as 'asecuring clip for the holder when thefront member ID issqueezed in tight against the outer The pocketinclusive of the wall i4is, for convenience of i11us tration, shown as a patch pocket.

If desired, the hinge 13. may have associated with it a spring orspring-means, notshown, of the type familiar in the jewelry andother'arts, for tending to snap the front member ID and the strip i2into engagement with the pocket wall It. -As shown, the button portionII has projected from its rear side a plurality of fairly sharplypointed prongs I5.

Suitably rigidly rearwardly offset from the strip i2 is a secondarystrip [6, the arrangement being such that the strips I2 and f6 togetherdefine a structure which in transverse section is T' shaped.

At one side of said strip it, near the topthereof, said strippermanently carries a socket element 2! of a snap fastener couple; andat the other side of the strip i6, also near the top thereof, andopposite the socket element l1, said strip permanently carries a postelement 2201 .another snap fastener couple.

Each of said snap fastener couples is for:inde pendent use in connectionwith a different. one of two stall-like housings i9 and 28. Thesehousings, shown by way of example as exactly alike, may be made of clothor any othersuitable and preferably flexible material, withsaid materialof such nature that the implements inserted into said housings by Way ofthe open topsthereof will be dependably frictionally held in thehousings against accidental displacement'therefrom. The saidimp1ements', for example, may be pencils.

As will be noted, one of the housings l9 andZO carries near itstop asnap fastener element of the socket type, and the other of said housingscarries near its-top a snap fastener element of the post type. That isto say, the housing 19 thus carries a snap fastener post element [8,this for coaotion with the snap fastener element 2|; and the housing 20thus carries a-snapfastener element II, this for coaction with the snapfastener element 22,

To make it possible for any desired number of additional housings,similar to the housings l9 and '20, to be secured to the housings I9 and20, it will be noted that the top of the housing [9 diametricallyopposite the post element l8 carries a socket-type snap fastener element24. Similarly, the top of the housing 28 diametrically opposite thefastener element 11, carries a posttype fastener element 23. Therefore,it will be apparent that any additional number of housings, similar tothe housings l9 and 20, can be added to the assembly permitting agreater number of implements to be carried.

As will be seen from the drawings, the holder may be conveniently andsecurely attached, as even to the breast pocket of the sack coat of acarefully attired business man or the like, without being particularlynoticeable, and, if noticeable, merely apparently a decorative addition.

When either of the housings I9 and 20 becomes too much worn, it is asimple and easy matter to substitute a new housing for the one to bediscarded. Due likewise to the inclusion of I removed for use, simply bytemporarily disengaging the appropriate snap fastener.

The construction of the holder in accordance with the modification ofthe invention shown in Figs. 5 and 6 is similar to that previouslydescribed except for the provision of a means for non-rotativelyreleasably attaching the housings I9 and to the sides of the strip l6 Ofthe clasp and to each other.

The non-rotative attaching means is characterized by a T-shapedprojection on the side of the housing 20 which is vertically slidablyreceived in a complementary T-shaped groove 3| formed in one side of thestrip 16. The other side of the strip i6 is formed with a T-shapedgroove 32 for vertically slidably receiving the T-shaped projection 33which extends from the adjacent side of the housing I9.

To permit additional housings to be attached to the sides of thehousings l9 and 20', the housing l9 at its top, diametrically oppositethe projection 33, is formed with a projection 34 formed with a T-shapedgroove 35. Likewise, the housing 20, diametrically opposite the T-shapedprojection 36 is formed with a projection 36 formed with a T-shapedgroove 31.

In other respects the form of the invention shown in Figs. 5 and 6 issimilar to that previously described and like reference numeralsidentify like parts.

While the housings for the implements are described as being formed offlexible material they could be formed equally well of a rigidmaterial-metal or a synthetic resin or plastic Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by United StatesLetters Patent is:

1. A holder for a plurality of implements each individually to bedisengaged from the holder preparatory to the use of such implement,said holder comprising a depending front member and a depending elongaterear member joined near their tops, said rear member along a portion ofits length having a rib-like addition thereby to provide a dependingstructure substantially T- shaped in transverse section, a pair ofdependent stall-like open-topped housings each for receiving one of saidimplements, and means partially carried by said rib-like addition andpartially carried by said housings for attaching the latter to saiddepending structure, said means comprising T-shaped grooves formed inthe opposed faces of said rib-like addition, and T-shaped projectionsextending from the sides of said housing facing the rib-like additionsto be vertically slidably received in said T-shaped grooves.

2. A holder for a plurality of implements each individually to bedisengaged from the holder preparatory to the use of such implement,said holder comprising a depending front member and a depending elongaterear member joined near their tops, said rear member along a portion ofits length having a rib-like addition thereby to provide a dependingstructure substantially T- shaped in transverse section, a pair ofdependent stall-like open-topped housings each for receiving one of saidimplements, and means partially carried by said rib-like addition andpartially carried by said housings for attaching the latter to saiddepending structure, said means comprising T-shaped grooves formed inthe opposed faces of said rib-like addition, and T-shaped projectionsextendin from the sides of said housing facing the rib-like additions tobe vertically slidably received in said T-shaped grooves, andprojections extending from the sides of said housings diametricallyopposite their T-shaped projections, said latter-mentioned projectionsbeing formed with T-shaped grooves to receive the T-shaped projectionsof similarly constructed housings.

3. An implement holder adapted for insertion into the breast pocket of acoat or the like, comprising a clasp adapted to be mounted in positionon the top edge of a pocket front Wall and having a part for extensiondownward along the inner face of the pocket front wall, a fiat stripextended rearward from said part, a pair of open topped housingsdepended along the opposed sides of said flat strip, and meansreleasably securing said housings to the adjacent sides of said strip.

4. An implement holder adapted for insertion into the breast pocket of acoat or the like, comprising a clasp adapted to be mounted in positionon the top edge of a pocket front wall and having a part for extensiondownward along the inner face of the pocket front wall, a flat stripextended rearward from said part, a pair of open topped housingsdepended along the opposed sides of said flat strip, and meansreleasably securing said housings to the adjacent sides of said strip,said releasable securing means comprising snap fastener elements mountedon the sides of said strip, complementary snap fastener elements mountedon the sides of said housings facing said strip and engaged with saidfirst fastener elements.

5. An implement holder adapted for insertion into the breast pocket of acoat or the like, comprising a clasp adapted to be mounted in positionon the top edge of a pocket front wall and having a part for extensiondownward along the inner face of the pocket front wall, a flat stripextended rearward from said part, a pair of open topped housingsdepended along the opposed sides of said flat strip, and meansreleasably securing said housings to the adjacent sides of said strip,said releasable securing means comprising snap fastener elements mountedon the sides of said strip, complementary snap fastener elements mountedon the sides of said housings facing said strip and engaged with saidfirst fastener elements, and snap fastener elements mounted on the outersides of said housings facing away from said strip, said latter fastenerelements being complementary to the fastener elements mounted on thesides of said housings facing said strip so that each of said housingsmay have similar housings provided with snap fastener elements mountedon the outer sides thereof.

WALTER v. BUDNY.

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